his name was Jacob, & he was a zuckermeister from Lutsk, that’s all I know

watch yourself watching yourself act natural

(ne)crows flyin’ around my be(hea)d

“The Love Addicts”

& it was all real the whole time

& that’s how I became a vegetarian

& the garbage in the gutter, too

they made a legendary noise

an enrichment of bareasses

melodramatic gothic organ solo: he is the organ solo

downtown smelled burning plastic on some kids

band name: “Your Sister’s Ex-Boyfriends”

editing fragments together w/ my sewing machine

that was a classic double-fist trashcan jack-off

& then they fired him… with real fire

every day she wakes up somewhere she has never been before

reflecting on myself in my compound eye

the rampages of the dreaded Drunkenstein

hit song: “Don’t Trust Strange Men”

everybody loves a smoking priest

a box of rocks; wet socks

the satisfaction of the reread novel

trace the shapes in an empty grave

a dress made out of stars

(then D. got on the bus)

I am your sainted mother

the music of failed structures

effort is hard—that’s the scoop

plan traps for yourself to fall into

b.: “she hiccupped in my womb”

wear it as long as you can

so sings the sleepwalker

the killdeer calls from the dead / tunnels under the city

“you’re deterring the conversation”

About The Writer

Jeremy Stewart Jeremy Stewart

Jeremy Stewart is the winner of the 2014 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry for Hidden City (Snare Books/Invisible Publishing). Stewart is the author of (flood basement (Caitlin Press 2009), a collection of poems about growing up in Prince George. His work has appeared in Geist, Lemon Hound, Open Letter, OUR TEETH, and filling Station. Stewart is the General Manager of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra.

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